All Articles Tagged Tivo

Robert Archer | 03/27 05:34 AM,

As an industry there aren't many products the public ranks lower cable services. For an idea of how lowly the cable industry's standing is in the public eye, it's value arguably rivals the service from the airline industry, which is at a near historically terrible level. Custom installers can't help the airlines win back the public, but it can ease some of the service issues associated with cable TV service through the use of TiVo's recently revamped product line. TiVo's newly announced TiVo Premiere DVR is the company's latest product… View this story

Grant Clauser | 03/26 08:57 AM, 3 Comments

TiVo is coming out with new models and a new monthly service plan. The new entry-level TiVo Premiere costs $149 and records two shows at once up to 75 hours (up from 45) or HD content. Following that is a Premiere XL model priced at $249 that goes up to 150 hours of HD. Finally, the Premiere Elite will be offered for $399, that’s $100 than the previous Elite model, and it can record four shows at once for up to 300 hours of HD Users still need to pay… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 02/29 09:15 AM, 0 Comments

TiVo is introducing an extender box that enables users to stream content from a centralized DVR to multiple TV locations. Don’t they already have such a thing? Sorta kinda. The TiVo Preview, introduced last year, enables whole-house content sharing, but it’s not a retail product. Rather, it is a tuner with CableCard support which is distributed through the cable companies and other carriers, who get to charge you for each TV set. The forthcoming IP-enabled set-top box, on the other hand, is a retail product that does not need to… View this story

Jason Knott | 01/13 12:51 PM, 0 Comments

TiVo reported the winners of its third annual Battle of the Consumer Electronics Brands at CES. For the first time ever, Walmart unseated Best Buy for the top spot among retailers. Walmart had the lowest fast-forward rate compared to all the other retailers with ads running on broadcast and cable. Walmart scored the lowest fast-forward rate on ABC, where it allocated 20 percent of its broadcast schedule. Walmart's "Man carries big check" spot scored a significantly lower fast-forward rate than the top spots aired by Target, Kmart and Best Buy.… View this story

Jason Knott | 01/04 07:48 AM, 1 Comment

TiVo will receive $215 million from AT&T after mutually settling a patent infringement lawsuit. As part of the settlement, TiVo and AT&T agreed to dismiss all pending litigation between the companies. AT&T agreed to pay TiVo an initial payment of $51 million, followed by recurring quarterly guaranteed payments through June 2018, totaling $164 million, which together yield minimum payments of $215 million. In addition to these minimum payments, AT&T will pay incremental recurring per subscriber monthly license fees through July 2018 should AT&T's DVR subscriber base exceed certain levels. The… View this story

Robert Archer | 09/26 06:43 AM, 0 Comments

TiVo is adding Facebook integration to its iPhone and iPad apps to increase social TV functionality. Facebook’s new "Like" and "Watch" features will integrate with the app to provide an additional way to connect with friends and family. “When we launched the TiVo apps for iPhone and iPad earlier this year, we did so with the goal of expanding the ways TiVo lovers can interact with people, the web and the entertainment they’re viewing while they watch TV. With this improved Facebook integration, TiVo users can discover things to watch… View this story

Robert Archer | 09/23 03:15 AM,

TiVo is one of the most recognizable brands in their entire world and there's good reason why consumers know the brand: The company single-handedly created a new form of home entertainment. The company's latest product is the THX certified Premiere Elite device and it brings together all of today's digital media technologies, as well as traditional broadcast television all within a single, easy-to-use platform. In the new unit TiVo incorporates four tuners, 2TBs of storage with USB inputs to add additional hard drives, Cable and FiOS CableCARD compatibility; support for… View this story

Maxine Giza | 09/07 11:22 AM, 9 Comments

With a hot line-up of shows airing this fall, it's impossible for clients to pick just one or two programs to follow all season. The TiVo Premiere Elite, on display at CEDIA 2011 in booth # 2140, is here to rescue TV junkies, allowing simultaneous recording of four different shows while viewing a fifth recorded program. The quad tuner Premiere Elite has 2 TBs of storage, can record up to 300 hours of HD programming, and integrates with Netflix, Pandora, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video and YouTube. "With the added… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 08/01 05:15 AM, 3 Comments

What good is TiVo if it doesn’t come with a DVR, electronic programming guide (EPG) or CableCard slots? Plenty good, according to Best Buy, which is building the TiVo interface into a new line of its Insignia Connected TVs. The display is the first to utilize the TiVo GUI, providing an “intuitive user experience for accessing live broadcast and online content, all without a paid TiVo subscription,” according to a Best Buy press release. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. The TVs simply employ the TiVo… View this story

Rachel Cericola | 06/07 06:54 AM, 0 Comments

TiVo is currently running a Father’s Day promotion, offering free TiVo Premiere hardware with a 2-year commitment of $19.99 monthly service. As Zatz Not Funny points out, it really only pays for itself after the two years. Didn’t dad teach you to be patient? TiVo Premiere first started shipping in early 2010, with an MSRP of $299.99. It has 320GB of storage, which can hold about 45 hours of high-def or 400 hours of standard-definition programming. It also provides unlimited access to Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Pandora Internet radio, assuming… View this story